A judge who risks being bounced from the bench after getting busted on a bribery charge apparently wasn’t happy with a judge’s life anyway, a transcript released yesterday shows.

Judge Victor Barron whined about the difficulties of making legal decisions to the lawyer he allegedly demanded $250,000 from in exchange for signing off on a $4.9 million civil settlement, according to the transcript.

“I’m, I’m the one who looks like an a—— on every decision, on every decision, every order . . . I put my neck on the line. I look like an idiot. All right,” Barron told lawyer Gary Berenholtz, according to a transcript of the recording a wired Berenholtz made when he allegedly gave the judge a partial payoff in chambers last month.

The detailed exchange became public yesterday as Barron was arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

Berenholtz was legally entitled to $1.6 million in legal fees on the $4.9 million settlement.

So when the lawyer complained about how difficult it was to come up with all the cash at once, the transcript shows Barron allegedly shot back, “Gary, excuse me, not a lot more difficult than if there was no fee.”

Barron, who sported a dark, pinstriped suit yesterday, uttered only two words at his arraignment.

A specially appointed state judge from Westchester allowed him to remain free without posting bail. But Judge Nicholas Colabella warned Barron that if he failed to appear in court, a trial that could end in his conviction would proceed without him.

“Do you understand what I just said, Mr. Barron?” Colabella asked.

“I do,” Barron said quietly from behind the defense table.

DA Charles Hynes, in a rare courtroom appearance, did not ask that bail be set for Barron, saying later that he didn’t think there was a risk of Barron fleeing.

“He’s a Supreme Court judge for 14 years. He has roots in the community,” Hynes said through a spokesman.

Barron has surrendered his passport to authorities, said defense lawyer Barry Kamins.

Hynes said that his office had recovered the $18,000.

Barron is to appear in court again on May 22.

Hynes – who continues to review other cases Barron has handled – plans on being the lead prosecutor throughout the case.